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The conflict between fostering intellectual growth while also encouraging future innovation is particularly pronounced in technological progress. These challenges frequently emerge within information technology law, where swiftly evolving technologies prompt debates about whether, and how, legal frameworks should adapt to govern and stimulate such advancements.
Both Intellectual Property and Information Technology have grown into major and expanding legal domains across Europe and globally. Recognizing this trend, the Law School has recently launched a specialized LL.M. program focusing on Intellectual Property and Information Technology law. This graduate degree aims to cultivate rigorous examination and thoughtful consideration of various elements within national, European, and international legal frameworks governing these fields.
Applications are therefore invited from well-qualified graduates who hold a very good Honors Bachelor degree in law or in a law-based interdisciplinary programme.
Applications will also be considered from exceptional graduates in related disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who can convincingly demonstrate that their studies have fully prepared them for the LLM.
Assuming that this basic pre-requisite is in place, thereafter admission to the various LLM programmes is at the absolute discretion of the School of Law, which will decide on questions of admission having regard to a wide range of academic criteria, including the quality of the individual application and the objectives of ensuring a diverse LLM class of the highest possible academic calibre. Admission requirements may vary from programme to programme and from year to year.
All applicants whose first language is not English and who have not been educated through the medium of English must present one of the following qualifications in the English language: